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At SpillShop, we pride ourselves on supplying safe and environmentally friendly products for handling liquid spills of any type, including water, oils, fuels, coolants and chemicals. If your company works with or stores hazardous chemicals and materials, then it is essential to have an emergency spill response procedure in place. A spill which is not quickly contained can have a devastating impact on both the surrounding environment and your facility. Ensuring that your business has an emergency response plan in place can offer peace of mind, as well as minimal impact to both your facility and the environment in the case of a spill.

To create an emergency response plan, it is important to understand

At SpillShop, we are committed to providing our clients with the highest quality safety equipment for spill response and liquid containment. Spills and other pollution incidents can happen without warning, and in an emergency it always pays to be prepared. Unsure which safety equipment your facility needs? Here is a quick guide to the safety equipment used to secure any leaks or spills:

Absorbents

At SpillShop, we offer a range of polypropylene absorbents, which can be used to absorb corrosive, oil-based and chemical spills. There are three different formats available; pads, pillows, and booms. Booms are used to contain spills, pillows to absorb leaks, drips, and spills, and pads to absorb liquids and wipe down

A pollution incident is a circumstance where there is a leak or spill of a liquid or material stored in a facility, including accidental and deliberate disposal or release around a facility. Any kind of pollution liquid, gas, or solid can be harmful to the environment and our health. If you have a business which stores liquid and/or produces waste, it is important to know how to take care of them as well as what to do in the case of an emergency. If an incident occurs, there are two steps which must be taken.

The first step is to implement your pollution incident response management plan. The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA), the main statutory of environmental regulation in NSW has created

More than 20 years ago, the New South Wales government established legislation to rationalise, simplify and strengthen the regulatory framework for environmental protection in NSW. The Protection of the Environment Operations (POEO) Act was authorized in 1997 and is administered by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The object of the POEO Act is to protect, restore and enhance the quality of the environment in New South Wales. Upon its implementation, it repealed and replaced some of the existing Acts to achieve better regulation for environmental protection - acts repealed by the POEO Act include the Clean Air Act 1961, the Clean Waters Act 1970, the Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989. the Noise Control Act 1975, and the Pollution Control Act 1970.

The POEO Act 1997